hate

Middle English hatien ; from Old English hatian, akin to German hassen ; from Indo-European base an unverified form ād-, bad temper from source Classical Greek kēdein, to trouble, kedos, grief, Welsh cas, hate

From Middle English haten, from Old English hatian (“to hate, treat as an enemy”), from Proto-Germanic*hatōną (“to hate”), from Proto-Germanic*hataz (“hatred, hate”), from Proto-Indo-European*ḱād- (“strong emotion”). Cognate with Dutch haten, German hassen, Swedish hata, French haïr (a Germanic borrowing).